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[[File:Washington-Post-logo.jpg|right|200px]]
[[File:Washington-Post-logo.jpg|right|200px]]
'''''The Washington Post''''' is the dominant daily newspaper in [[Washington, D.C.]] with an average daily circulation that peaked at 832,232 in 1993 and has fallen to only 638,800 as of 2007.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/05/AR2007120500683.html?sub=AR</ref> It was founded in 1877 and it's parent company, The Washington Post Company, is a publicly traded [[New York Stock Exchange|NYSE]] company. The family of Katharine Graham remain large shareholders, and ensures the paper never strays far from its [[liberal]] point of view. Its current op-ed columnists include [[George Will]] and [[David Ignatius]] and formerly included [[Robert Novak]] and [[David Broder]].
'''''The Washington Post''''' is the dominant daily newspaper in [[Washington, D.C.]] with an average daily circulation that peaked at 832,232 in 1993 and has fallen to only 638,800 as of 2007.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/05/AR2007120500683.html?sub=AR</ref> It was founded in 1877. Its current op-ed columnists include [[George Will]] and [[David Ignatius]] and formerly included [[Robert Novak]] and [[David Broder]].
==2013: The ''Washington Post'', Amazon, CIA deal==
In 2013 the Washington Post was aquired by Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon. That same year, Amazon also obtained a CIA contract worth $600 million, at least twice what Bezos paid for the ''Post''. The The Institute for Public Accuracy released a statement condemning the move.
{{Quotebox|When the main shareholder in one of the very largest corporations in the world benefits from a massive contract with the CIA on the one hand, and that same billionaire owns the ''Washington Post'' on the other hand, there are serious problems. The Post is unquestionably the political paper of record in the [[United States]], and how it covers governance sets the agenda for the balance of the news media. Citizens need to know about this [[conflict of interest]] in the columns of the Post itself.}}
The ''[[Nation magazine|Nation]]'' magazine also condemned the conflict of interest.
==Past controversies==
In 1981, Janet Cooke, a reporter hired by [[Benjamin C. Bradlee|Ben Bradlee]], described in a series of articles entitled [http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/markport/lit/litjour/spg2002/cooke.htm Jimmy's World] the profile of an eight-year old [[heroin]] addict. Cooke was nominated by [[Bob Woodward]] for the [[Pulitzer Prize]], which she won after it was established that the story was a complete fiction. {{fact}}''Post'' Ombudsman Bill Green concluded an investigation with several comments and recommendations, including "The scramble for journalistic prizes is poisonous. The obligation is to inform readers, not to collect frameable certificates, however prestigious." [http://academics.smcvt.edu/dmindich/Jimmy%27s%20World.htm] The Ombudsman said of Bradlee, "Ensuring accuracy was the editor's job, and he had failed miserably." Woodward said of his nomination for the Pulitzer Prize, “It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.”
In 1981, Janet Cooke, a reporter hired by [[Benjamin C. Bradlee|Ben Bradlee]], described in a series of articles entitled [http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/markport/lit/litjour/spg2002/cooke.htm Jimmy's World] the profile of an eight-year old [[heroin]] addict. Cooke was nominated by [[Bob Woodward]] for the [[Pulitzer Prize]], which she won after it was established that the story was a complete fiction. {{fact}}''Post'' Ombudsman Bill Green concluded an investigation with several comments and recommendations, including "The scramble for journalistic prizes is poisonous. The obligation is to inform readers, not to collect frameable certificates, however prestigious." [http://academics.smcvt.edu/dmindich/Jimmy%27s%20World.htm] The Ombudsman said of Bradlee, "Ensuring accuracy was the editor's job, and he had failed miserably." Woodward said of his nomination for the Pulitzer Prize, “It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.”